Human Nutrition and Wellness
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Course Introduction
Human Nutrition and Wellness explores the fundamental principles of nutrition and their impact on individual and community health. The course examines the roles of essential nutrients in the body, how dietary choices influence physical and mental well-being, and the relationship between nutrition, chronic diseases, and lifestyle factors. Through evidence-based discussions, students learn to evaluate personal eating habits, assess reliable nutrition information, and develop strategies for promoting wellness across the lifespan. Key topics include nutrient requirements, food labeling, dietary guidelines, cultural and societal influences on food choices, weight management, and the development of healthy behaviors for lifelong well-being.
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Community Nutrition in Action An Entrepreneurial Approach 6th Edition by Marie A. Boyle
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Chapter 1: Opportunities in Community Nutrition
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Q1) Policy defines what governments and organizations intend to accomplish through their laws,regulations,and programs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Tertiary prevention aims to treat and rehabilitate people who have experienced an illness or injury.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Discuss the premise of the Healthy People initiative.
Answer: Healthy People is a set of goals and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the health of all people in the U.S.For the past three decades,Healthy People has provided a framework for promoting health and avoiding preventable disease.
Q4) What are the three arenas of community nutrition?
Answer: People,policy,and programs.
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Chapter 2: Assessing Community Resources
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Q1) The infant mortality rate for blacks is half of the U.S.national average.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a secondary data source?
A) Census data
B) Data archives, such as the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research
C) Interviews with key informants
D) All of these
Answer: B
Q3) The condition of a population's or individual's health as influenced by the intake and utilization of nutrients and nonnutrients is called
A) health status.
B) community needs assessment.
C) nutritional status.
D) nutritional needs assessment.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Assessing the Target Populations ?Nutritional Status
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Q1) If a focus group were to be utilized,what questions might be asked?
Answer: A variety of questions could be asked.The questions would need to be open-ended and written to stimulate conversation.Sample questions might include: What are some of the services offered by the AHA that you have used in the past 6 months?
Of the services used,which ones did you find most helpful? Of the services used,which ones did you find least helpful? What services would you like to see offered?
Q2) What are three factors that affect nutrient utilization?
Answer: Answers may vary,but could include activity level,smoking status,dietary supplement usage,drug-nutrient interactions,variety and quantity of food consumed,nutritional status,and physiological status (e.g.,childhood or pregnancy).
Q3) Compare and contrast three direct assessments of nutritional status.
Answer: See Table 3-6 for a summary of the methods,strengths,and limitations of selected dietary assessment tools.
Q4) Using the social-ecological framework,illustrate the key factors that influence food intake.
Answer: See Figure 3-1 on page 74.
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Chapter 4: Program Planning for Success
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Q1) The following is an example of which type of objective: "Each community nutritionist will submit an itemized statement of expenses related to all nutrition education programming"?
A) Essential
B) Outcome
C) Process
D) Structure
Q2) A description of the goals of the program as well as the program's target audience would be found the "Description of the Evaluation" section of an executive summary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The following is an example of which type of objective: "By the year 2020,reduce iron deficiency to less than 5% among low-income children under 2 years"?
A) Essential
B) Outcome
C) Process
D) Structure
Q4) List the seven steps of program planning in order.
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Chapter 5: Principles of Epidemiology
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Q1) In the Seven Countries Study,subjects from Finland reported the lowest percentage of calories from saturated fat,but had the highest serum cholesterol levels.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the most typical way in which epidemiologists work toward controlling and preventing health problems?
A) Development of interventions to alter lifestyles
B) Formulation of health policies
C) Recommendations for environmental changes
D) Development of media campaigns
Q3) What is the main difference between a retrospective and prospective cohort study?
Q4) Environmental factors included as determinants of disease in epidemiology include all of the following except
A) geographical location.
B) occupation.
C) living conditions.
D) nutrition status.
Q5) Define epidemiology and its relationship to community nutrition.
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Chapter 6: The Art and Science of Policy Making
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Q1) What is the most important time for constituent involvement in the legislative process?
A) Bill introduction
B) Committee stage
C) Floor stage
D) Subcommittee stage
Q2) A community nutritionist will make policy decisions in his or her practice.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A functional food is one that may provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following agencies is not part of the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services?
A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B) Food and Drug Administration
C) National Institutes of Health
D) Food and Nutrition Service
Q5) What is the overlying purpose of public policy?
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Chapter 7: A National Nutrition Agenda for the Publics
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Q1) The National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program is operated by A) the USDA.
B) the DHHS.
C) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
D) a and b
E) b and c
Q2) Provide at least five suggestions for implementing the Dietary Guidelines into one's lifestyle.
Q3) What are some recommendations that you could include in your presentation that could assist the students in better following the dietary guidance system you presented?
Q4) How might you involve the students in the presentation?
Q5) Food group plans promoted in the first half of the 20 century focused on limiting of key nutrients,such as fat and sodium.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List the five key components of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program.
Q7) Define public health surveillance and its purpose.
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Chapter 8: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy
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Q1) Define overweight and obesity for children.
Q2) Obesity for adults is divided into _____ classes based on the degree of obesity.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Q3) Research suggests that childhood depression is associated with an increased BMI in adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not part of the "built environment?"
A) Public green spaces, including walking paths
B) After-school programming for at-risk children
C) Street layout and adequate lighting
D) Transportation options that promote physical activity
Q5) All energy-dense foods are associated with weight gain.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Define overweight and obesity for adults. Page 10
Q6) What is the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System?
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Chapter 9: Health Care Systems and Policy
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Q1) Community nutritionists can argue for reimbursable nutrition services by highlighting the benefits,which include all of following except that nutrition services
A) are relatively inexpensive benefits.
B) have a preventive component.
C) benefits attract subscribers with chronic diseases.
D) are easily documented.
Q2) Differentiate between traditional systems of health care and managed forms of health care.
Q3) What is a consumer-directed health plan? What are its benefits and limitations?
Q4) The Medicare Modernization Act made coverage for which of the following available to Medicare recipients?
A) Inpatient hospital care
B) MNT for type 2 diabetes
C) Bone mass measurements
D) Cardiovascular disease blood screening
Q5) Discuss some of the current trends and issues that will shape the future of health care.
Q6) List and describe several current health care cost containment measures.
Q7) Discuss three cost containment efforts.
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Chapter 10: Food Insecurity and the Food Assistance Programs
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Q1) What items can be purchased with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
A) Ready-to-eat hot foods
B) Vitamins
C) Garden seeds
D) Cleaning supplies
Q2) Generally,food pantries and soup kitchens are federally funded programs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Food insecurity rates are higher than average in households with children that are headed by a single mom.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Meals on Wheels is the nation's largest suppler of surplus food to food banks.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Typically,the northeastern states have rates for food insecurity and hunger that are higher than the national average.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Mothers and Infants: Nutrition
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Q1) Maternal risk factors associated with low-birthweight babies include
A) cigarette smoking.
B) poor nutrition.
C) minority status.
D) a and b
E) a, b, and c
Q2) Which group has the highest infant mortality rates in the United States?
A) Blacks, non-Hispanic
B) Native Americans
C) Puerto Ricans
D) Mexican Americans
Q3) Why do you think that the farmers' markets aren't utilized as much as they could be?
Q4) Over 90 percent of all Healthy Start families are African American,Hispanic,or Native Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What additional issues need to be addressed with a pregnant teenager?
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Q6) What are the weight gain recommendations for pregnant women based on BMI?
Q7) Describe current infant feeding recommendations.
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Chapter 12: Children and Adolescents: Nutrition
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Q1) Children's eating habits have changed little over the past 20 years.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Let's assume your community's School Breakfast Program is not meeting the needs of its participants or the target population.What steps would you take to correct the situation?
Q3) BMI changes with age and gender,so as children get older,BMI decreases.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Obesity in children is defined as having a BMI
A) below the 50 percentile on the CDC growth chart.
B) at or above the 85 percentile on the CDC growth chart.
C) at or above the 95 percentile on the CDC growth chart.
D) The term "obese" is not used to describe weight status in children.
Q5) Children typically grow _____ inches taller per year between the age of 1 and adolescence.
A) 1-2
B) 2-3
C) 4-5
D) at least 5
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Chapter 13: Healthy Aging: Nutrition
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Q1) List the national goals for health promotion for adults.
Q2) Which of the following would be at the highest risk for drug-nutrient interactions?
A) Sam, the butcher who takes an aspirin a day
B) Alice, the housekeeper who is on an estrogen patch and a blood thinner
C) Mike, an architect who takes three different herbal supplements as well as a vitamin
C megadose
D) Carol, the underweight, stay-at-home mom who has breast cancer and is on several chemotherapy medications and herbal supplements
Q3) The functional assessment component of a nutrition status assessment of the elderly measures
A) liver function.
B) cardiac output.
C) activities of daily living.
D) risk of malnutrition.
Q4) Title III nutrition programs are required to provide nutrition education to their clients quarterly.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: World Hunger and Food Insecurity: Challenges and Opportunities
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of sustainable development?
A) Techniques that prevent soil erosion
B) Crop rotation
C) Conversion of forests to farmland
D) All of these are sustainable measures
Q2) Which nutrient is deficient in victims of the disease xerophthalmia?
A) Vitamin C
B) Vitamin A
C) Vitamin E
D) Iodine
Q3) When a nation's standard of living rises,the _____ rates fall first,followed eventually by the _____ rate.
A) birth, death
B) infant mortality, maternal mortality
C) death, birth
D) growth, hospitalization
Q4) Food insecurity is a problem stemming from poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the three indicators of child malnutrition?
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change
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Q1) The process of testing and assessing certain elements of a program before it is implemented fully is called _____ evaluation.
A) outcome
B) input
C) formative
D) strategic
Q2) The _____ comprise the first category of people to adopt an innovation.
A) early adopters
B) innovators
C) early majority
D) laggards
Q3) The cognitive-behavioral theory is highly process oriented and goal directed.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Motivational interviewing targets changes in attitudes and beliefs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Apply the theory of reasoned action to a pregnant mother deciding on whether or not to breastfeed her newborn infant.
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Chapter 16: Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition
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Q1) Which of the following is a function of cultural values?
A) Guide actions and decisions
B) Help determine basic attitudes regarding personal and social issues
C) Provide a set of rules by which to live
D) All of these
Q2) Acculturation is the property of a group that consists of its sharing cultural traditions,having a common linguistic heritage,and originating from the same land.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Common values and beliefs of the majority American culture include all of the following except
A) action (task oriented).
B) time dominates.
C) group welfare.
D) materialism.
Q4) Smiling,showing warmth,and being friendly are not recommended as a means to enhance cross-cultural communication.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Principles of Nutrition Education
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Q1) Learning experiences/activities and materials needed are two critical components of a nutrition education lesson plan.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a well-stated objective?
A) Applies the knowledge of counting carbohydrates effectively.
B) Differentiates between low- and high-sodium foods.
C) Identifies the serving size on the food label.
D) All of these are well-stated objectives.
Q3) All nutrition professionals have extensive training in educating individuals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly describe the guiding principles of a well-written instructional objective.
Q5) Differentiate between general objectives and specific objectives as utilized in the lesson plan.
Q6) Nutrition messages that use verbs in the present tense make consumers pay more attention.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion
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Q1) _____ segmentation is based on criteria such as purchase frequency and occasion,benefits sought,and attitude toward the product.
A) Behavioristic
B) Demographic
C) Geographical
D) Psychographic
Q2) In contrast to traditional marketing,social marketing aims to
A) change attitudes and behaviors of the target markets.
B) satisfy the needs of the targeted consumers.
C) satisfy the wants of the target markets.
D) a and b
E) b and c
Q3) Packaging,features,and services are examples of which "P" of the marketing mix?
A) Place
B) Price
C) Product
D) Promotion
Q4) What are the four most common promotional tools? How do they differ?
Q5) Consumers can be categorized into three types.What are they? Provide an example for each type.
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Chapter 19: Managing Community Nutrition Programs
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Q1) _____ planning addresses the organization's overall goals for the long term,and deals with formulating strategies for handling problems.
A) Operational
B) Strategic
C) Observational
D) Structural
Q2) The performance appraisal interview is a good time for reviewing and changing both organizational and personal goals.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ is designed to ensure and increase equal employment opportunities for groups of individuals protected by federal laws and regulations.
A) Affirmative action
B) Delegation
C) Recruitment
D) Staffing
Q4) Job design and job analysis refer to the same concept.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Building Grantsmanship Skills
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Q1) Which of the following provides the background information needed to write a compelling needs statement for a grant proposal?
A) Literature search
B) Collaborators
C) Census data
D) Grant sponsor
Q2) Preparation of a grant proposal begins with
A) identifying potential collaborators.
B) describing goals.
C) generating ideas.
D) identifying funding sources.
Q3) Which of the following is especially critical for novice grant seekers or those who are changing their focus?
A) Knowledge of the credentials of the reviewers
B) Knowledge of funding priorities
C) Collaboration with others
D) Familiarity with the guidelines for writing the proposal
Q4) What is meant by the term "chasing" grants? Why do successful grant writers not "chase" grants?
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